Human Rights and the Charter

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Useful Web Resources to Support Content Research


Websites to Browse:
http://www.chrc-ccdp.ca/en/browseSubjects/humanRights.asp
http://www.historyofrights.com/introduction.html
http://www.canadianhistory.ca/iv/main.html
http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/index_e.aspx?DetailID=615

Multicultural Canada: Includes Collections, Learning Modules, and the Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples



Websites for Specific Injustices:
  1. Women’s Suffrage (right to vote)
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval=EpisContent.html&lang=E&series_id=1&episode_id=11&chapter_id=4&page_id=5

  1. Indian Act (1876)
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003975

  1. Chinese Head Tax and Immigration Act(1885)
http://www.ccnc.ca/redress/history.html

  1. Komogata Maru (1914)
http://www.komagatamaru.ca/

  1. 1907 Vancouver anti-Asian rally (reduced number of Japanese immigrants)
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/specifique/asian_e.html

  1. Chinese Exclusion Act (1923)
http://www.canadiana.org/citm/specifique/asian_e.html

  1. Germans, Czechs, Ukranians, Polish and Slovaks deemed “enemy aliens,” some interned (1914-1918)
http://209.82.14.226/history/internment/

  1. Inuit Relocation to High Arctic (1940-60s)
http://www.carc.org/pubs/v19no1/

  1. Japanese Internment (1939-45)
http://www.jcnm.ca/
www.sansvoixsansvisage.net/rubrique9.html

10. Residential Schools for Native Children (1940-1970s)
http://www.afn.ca/residentialschools/history.html

  1. Christie Pit Riots and anti-Semitism in Canada
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000247

  1. Aboriginal Vote (right to vote)
http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp/site.nsf/en/index.html